Definition of printnext
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as in impression
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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print

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verb

as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Noun
Scanned by Lukasz Ceranka (Fixafilm) and Oleksandr Bertman (Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre), restored with funding by Fixafilm and the Polish Film Institute, graded with reference to an archival print loaned by the Dovzhenko Centre. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 The main residence offers four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a flamboyant leopard-print powder room. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
Jung explains that the beauty industry is very much focused on the names and percentages printed on packaging. Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Now, police in Ecuador have found it in an unexpected place — printed on green rectangular packages that made up a stunning cocaine shipment seized in a truck near the Colombian border. ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for print
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Noun
  • While this may have been KiiiKiii’s first time in North America, their music has left a lasting impression on listeners.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, fans have only seen short clips of Mourinho’s impressions via the club’s in-house media channels.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other photos displayed an open bullet wound under Shakur’s right armpit.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Trift suspension bridge and Trift Glacier in Switzerland are seen in this 2018 file photo.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Judge Carli Kierny, presiding over the case, has ruled the jury will be able to hear about the book Davis published and his previous police interviews.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • An investigative report is expected to be published publicly later this month.
    Ashley Grams, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Yet historical symbols often outlive the contexts in which they were created, and the American alligator bears the imprint of a long racial history.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Storyknife by Jess Row is available from Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The victim said Haywood and the victim took overnight trips together and exchanged nude photographs.
    Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The photographs contained in the Farm Security Administration collection, held at the Library of Congress, depict scarcity, despair, desolation, and suffering but also hope, resilience, and, later, progress in response to government intervention.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And drug literature can be a hard sell for some, especially if the reader feels anxious about their own coolness, and develops a sort of you-won’t-impress-me-so-there carapace in advance as a form of self-protection.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Three sides of the ground impress, the two biggest especially.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • The Odyssey‘s $13M Imax take in China ($19M cume) is the highest grossing for a Nolan pic in the large format in the Middle Kingdom.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Dovetailing with the festival’s aim for diversity and inclusion, women directed 40% of the pics in the Official Selection, while some competing films were directed by filmmakers from Indigenous communities.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Kindergarten teacher Kat Golando of Keystone School in San Antonio recommends labeling everything—from lunch boxes to sweaters—with name stickers or stamps.
    Adrienne Farr, Parents, 15 Aug. 2026
  • More than 30 independent bookstores across North Texas are inviting readers to explore their shelves, collect passport stamps, and discover the communities that make each shop unique.
    CBS News Texas Staff, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Print.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/print. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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